Totems of Our Lives
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST: Chapter the twelfth. Of the CIVIL STATE. This chapter’s subject is “[t]hat part of the nation which . . includes all orders of men,...
Law and Philosophy
Law Makes the World
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK I. Chapter the Eleventh. Of the CLERGY. Just when I was thinking that there wasn’t a single point of interest in this chapter’s dry taxonomy of...
Ties that Bind
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK I. Chapter the tenth. Of the PEOPLE, whether ALIENS, DENIZENS, or NATIVES. This chapter is about the different legal statuses of residents within a governmental territory....
Peace and Beer
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book 1. Chapter the ninth. Of subordinate MAGISTRATES. This chapter is about the keepers of the king’s peace – sheriffs, under-sheriffs, constables, coroners, bailiffs, and justices of...
The Royal Fish, or, Blackstone is Boring
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book 1. Chapter the Eighth. Of the KING’S REVENUE. Well, I promise I will never again complain about short chapters. This one, enumerating the various sources of...
Torture and the Legal Pen
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST. Chapter the seventh. Of the KING’S PREROGATIVE. Blackstone Weekly is sorry for the long hiatus between entries. Given that this section of the Commentaries is...
Projection/Subjection
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First. Chapter the sixth. Of the KING’s DUTIES. Blackstone Weekly is growing weary of these little bitty chapters. This one is only about three...
Conventions of Peers
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST. Chapter the fifth. Of the COUNCILS belonging to the KING. This chapter describes the four different consular bodies that advise the King of...
Blackstone’s Sister
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK the First. Chapter the Fourth. Of the KING’s Royal FAMILY. This short chapter is mostly about queens. Blackstone explains that there are three kinds. Most of...
The King Is Dead, Long Live the Law
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First. Of the RIGHTS of PERSONS. Chapter the Third. Of the King, and his Title. In this chapter you really see how Blackstone both inspired and...